Merry Christmas everyone, family, friends, future family and future friends.

It's Christmas Day, the sun is shining and all is well. We are having the kids over later on today for gift opening. As usual, the little ones get more than the adults. The stockings are hung and filled with goodies. Dinner is ham & swiss cheese on Rye, (make your own) chipped beef and cheese ball, spinach dip, pimento dip, fresh veggies, crackers, and tortilla chips, deviled eggs & strawberry jello salad. Of course all sorts of stuff to drink. No big sit down meal this year.

Arkansas broke the 127 year old record for rainfall this year, 75.54 inches, as of today, December 25. Thursday we got almost 8 inches of rain total. Flooding everywhere. Even I-30 was closed for 10 hours between Alexander and Benton. The small base lake was flooded almost up to the road. Hwy 107 was under water in places. Going through Gravel Ridge, the water in the swamp was only about 3 ft from the road. Jacksonville/Cato Rd, which leads to our old house was under at least 3 ft of water, the church parking lot was a lake, quite litterly, at least 3 ft deep!! I wonder what sort of winter we are in for. It's gonna be cold I'm sure, and I'm thinking icy. I'd still rather be here for winter than in NE or IA. My friends and family have been telling me about the snow. They can have it!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Made out Christmas Cards today for most everyone. I don't have a few addresses and some others do not want to hear from me so no card will be sent to them. Their loss. It really doesn't seem much like Christmas here in Arkansas. No snow, no real cold, none of the usual things we link to the holiday season. Oh well, I'm used to these no snow winters and I have to say I really like it. I am not a big fan of snow. It can be here for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, but that's about all I think I can tolerate. I see where Iowa and Nebraska got dumped on. I have family and friends in both states.

Busy weekend and now for a busy week. Fine by me, makes my day go by faster. I have several quilt's I want to make and am so happy to have such a giant kitchen table for the laying out of the fabric, cutting, putting together, etc. Sure is nice. I'm considering getting a strip cutting machine. It will cut 4 layers of fabric at a time, but I'm not sure I'd use it enough to pay for it. But on the other hand, it sure would make cutting strips a whole lot quicker!! Time savers are always good!!

Enjoying myself here at home, with my kids and my grandkids. Family is such a wonderful thing to have and the closeness it gives a person cannot be topped.

The Mona Lisa Painting

The Mona Lisa is 16th century oil painting created by the renowned Leonardo da Vinci. The work of art depicts an enigmatic woman gazing at the viewer, and it is said that if you move across the room while looking into her eyes, they’ll follow you. It is definitely one of the most popular paintings worldwide and has been the center of many artistic, religious, and theoretical debates. The French government currently owns the Mona Lisa and it is featured at the Musee du Louvre in Paris. The painting can also be referred to as La Gioconda or La Joconde.

The name of the painting stems from the name of the woman in the portrait, Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy businessman in Florence, Italy named Francesco del Giocondo. Mona means ‘my lady’ or ‘madam’ in modern Italian, so the title is simply Madam Lisa. Art historians agree that Leonardo da Vinci likely began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503, and completed it within 4 years. In 1516 the King of France, King Francois, bought the painting and it is thought that after Leonardo’s death the painting was cut down. Some speculators think that the original had columns on both sides of the lady, whereas other art critics believe that the painting was never cut down in size. It has been suggested that there were 2 versions of the Mona Lisa painting, but many historians reject the second version. The duplicate copy can be found at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. After the French revolution the painting was moved to the Louvre, and Napoleon had it placed in his bedroom for a short time before it was returned to the Louvre. The popularity of the Mona Lisa increased in the mid 19th century because of the Symbolist movement. The painting was thought to encompass a sort of feminine mystique.

In 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. The art thief hid in a broom closet until the museum closed, stole the painting, hid it under his jacket and walked out the front door. Eduardo de Valfierno was the mastermind behind the theft and has planned to make copies of the original and sell them as the real thing. Eventually, in 1913, he was caught when trying to sell the original to a Florence art dealer. The Mona Lisa is most famous for her facial expression, her enigmatic smile and da Vinci’s mastering of tone and color in the painting. There is much mythology and interpretations relating to the painting that mystify the world. Many art critics and art history buffs suggest that the Mona Lisa is actually a portrait of da Vinci himself in feminine form. In addition, most viewers see the meaning behind Mona Lisa’s smile very differently.

It's going to be a beautiful day!!

The sun is out and the day is beautiful!! We had a lot of rain and lots of flooding in area's but now the sun is taking control. It's going to be a beautiful day!! Enjoy today, you never know what tomorrow brings.

Job for this year

As the New Year started there must be a lot of people who would like to change their career and look for a better job. Well then I have here some of the best job for this year 2010 if you want to earn big. Last year it was in the field of medicine, this year its in line of banking, finance and health insurance , next is in information technology such as programmer, software engineer and last is in the field of education.

What are your views about 'Leona Lewis' having an electrician boyfriend?

Okay... I saw her again on t.v. and I must admit she is my favorite artist today. Leona Lewis won the X Factor of U.K. where Simon Cowell is one of the judge. She sings well and she is very pretty. She have this lovely voice that is very unique and for me she sounds like an angel. Her popular song was "Bleeding Love". But what makes me like her more, is her relationship with her boyfriend. Since she became so popular rumors have spread about her, having an electrician boyfriend. So what? I mean there must be nothing wrong with that but, people have different views about it. I was so surprised how she defend him. He has been his boyfriend since she was 16 and until now they are going strong. She said she will never break up with him because he is just an electrician and she became famous. She is a humble girl with a kind heart and with an outstanding talent. I like her a lot! Do you know her? What do you think of her? What are your views about her having an electrician boyfriend? Thanks in advance!

The whole world is in your hands!

Net is a big small thing today, perhaps a whole world over here on your finger tips. At the press of enter on key board you could be with face to face with people across the world, have your mail, pay bills online, have access to tons of data and not to forget socialise as you like it. It might sound unlikely, there are scores of sms service centers too which enable you to send sms absolutely free! What else one would ask for, the whole world is in your hands! that is internet!

There are some advices that can be confusing at times.

There are some advices that can be confusing at times. That the best thing you can do is to think and balance the situation. Like for instance experience teach us that prevention is better that cure, while on the other hand we often heard people saying "just cross the bridge when you get there, this to avoid worries. My mom often told me that you can't teach an old dog a new trick but my teacher often advice us that no one is too old to learn. Or they said that clothes makes a man but we're warned to never judge a book by its cover.

Do not know if the monitor liquid crystal display (LCD) is not really environmentally friendly?

Do not know if the monitor liquid crystal display (LCD) is not really environmentally friendly? Because, when the screen lit with fluorescent tubes (usually four), it forms mercury vapor (mercury) low pressure. Well, mercury (Hg) is a dangerous product, which if thrown away will pollute the environment. Oh yes, fluorescent tubes / neon was called Cold cathode Fluorescent Lamp (CCFL).

In the current era serbahijau, CCFL in the LCD monitor is slowly but surely being replaced by light emitting diode (LED). "Use diode technology that could replace fluorescent CCFL used in LCD. Brighter than LCD and more focused

Facebook is trying to make a common level of privacy for its members.

It seems that facebook is trying to make a common level of privacy for its members. This includes for all of our friends,Friends of friends and everyone who deal with status updates, photo albums.

Applications now have a limited access to what they can see about you which is great. And some of the other great things are we can change these privacy settings. There is a small box which help us to alter these privacy options and it always better to share our videos and pictures with friends rather than strangers who can view your profile page from the google search. So keep things tidy guyz.

i just love charice powerful voice!

Here in my country Charice has been so popular because of her wonderful talent for singing. She has been featured to different international shows, one of which is Oprah. I am so proud of her and her determination to succeed. She was recognized after people saw her singing on youtube and received millions of hits and views. Her album is doing good especially her single, "Note to God". Lately, I have seen different great singers on the internet specifically on youtube. I hope to see more artist to rise in the future. It just proves that dreams can happen, even it is hard.

How to Save on Magazines

Magazines are for sale in all supermarkets these days. The price of some of them is quite high and everyones interests are there. Ladies magazines are especially popular for teenagers and women. A man might like a magazine about cars. Children probably like magazines about things they have seen on television.

But, if there is a magazine that you really like to read, the best option is to get a subscription to it. It makes it much cheaper. They can do this because the supermarket or book store doesn't have to make their money off of it!

If you do get a subscription, it is nice to split the cost with a friend and then share the magazines. That way you can enjoy them but it costs you even less!

If you have the time, another good option is to look through the magazines at the library. That way it is completely free!

I, personally, have always enjoyed National Geographic. My grandmother always bought us a subscription to the kids version - 'World'. Now I like them both!

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Reading books is a luxury in todays world. But nothing can replace the experience.

I read a lot and I must say I really love books. I usually read novels such as that of Danielle Steel. I also read Stephen King's books. I usually buy them on Book Sale since as we know books are very expensive here in the Philippines. In terms of favorite, I do read books of Sydney Sheldon. I have all of them and collected it actually. I am really entertained with his lines there.

I remember the days when going to the bookstore would give me such pleasure. To pick among the books to take home with me. Now I am unfortunate that time does not allow me that pleasure anymore.

I have always loved reading books and now have to be content with rereading some of my old favorites when I do find the time. I have read a lot of books but there are a few types that I haven't tried like the biographies, the non-fictional types.